Jamshid Mashayekhi

Biography

Jamshid Mashayekhi is a celebrated Iranian actor and an iconic figure of Iranian cinema. Mashayekhi began professional acting on stage in 1957. His first feature film role was Brick and Mirror(1965, Ebrahim Golestan). After a four-year break, he acted in The Cow (1969, Darius Mehrjui) and Kaiser(Qeysar) (1969, Masoud Kimiai). Mashayekhi commonly appears as an elderly grandfather because of his white hair and charismatic face and figure. He received a best performance award for The Grandfather (1985, Majid Gharizadeh) from the First Festival of Non-aligned Countries in North Korea.

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Cow (1969) — Abbas
2. Qeysar (1969) — Gheisar's Uncle
3. The Brick and the Mirror (1966)
4. Unruled Paper (2002) — Roya's Teacher
5. Desiderium (1977) — Habib Agha Zoroof-chi
6. The Lead (1989) — Mirza Mohsen
7. A House Built on Water (2002) — Dr. Latifian
8. Kamalolmolk (1984) — Kamalolmolk
9. The Curse (1973)
10. The Fateful Day (1995)
11. Hezar Dastan (1988) — Reza Khoshnevis (Tofangchi)
12. Prince Ehtejab (1975) — Khosrow Khan aka "Prince Ehtejab"
13. The Spring (1973) — Woman's Lover
14. Zabih (1975) — Haj Samad
15. Honeymoon (1976) — Khan Baba
16. A Little Kiss (2005)
17. Setayesh (2010)
18. Crime (2011) — Morteza Afjehei
19. Punishment Committe (1997) — Reza tofangchi
20. Pol (1971)
21. The Spell (1987)
22. Cheque (2012) — Bahrami
23. Chrysanthemum (1984)
24. Water (1975) — Towfigh
25. Lollipop (1972) — Morteza Phantom
26. The Sound of the Desert (1974)
27. Alma (1992)
28. The Grandfather (1986)
29. A Candle in the Wind (2004)
30. All Three, He Said (1981)
31. Sunrise (1970) — Doctor
32. The father of other (2015)
33. The Iconoclast (1976) — Fereshteh's Grandfather
34. Thirteen 59 (2011)
35. My Lady (2003)
36. My Child (2009)
37. The Path of Glory (1995)
38. The Enigma of the Shah (2016)
39. Pure White (2022) — Self
40. Tear and Smile (1995)